Brief Intervention for School Clinicians (BRISC)

The Brief Intervention for School Clinicians (BRISC) is a four-session assessment, engagement, brief intervention and triage strategy to be delivered as a first step or initial intervention for students in middle and high school seeking or referred to school mental health (SMH) services. This approach aims to promote efficiency and structure in SMH service delivery, while also using treatment elements that are research-based. Clinicians using the BRISC approach quickly assess the student's needs using a structured process and then engage the youth in skill building and problem solving around data-informed identified treatment goals.   

BRISC has been used by school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, and school-based mental health counselors as the first step for delivery of services to youth in school. Within the multi-tiered system of school supports, BRISC is considered a Tier 2 strategy and a useful place to start with any student requiring more targeted behavioral or psychosocial services. Designed to be an initial step in a stepped care approach to providing SMH services, BRISC is explicitly designed to inform referral to more specialized or intensive tier two or tier three services as needed.   

To meet the needs of School Mental Health practitioners (SMHPs) who seek to use BRISC as part of a multi-tiered strategy for efficiently supporting students with mental health challenges, the SMART Center has designed a 3-hour, modular, online training that is accessed via a web-based Learning Management System (LMS) called “HealtheKnowledge". Those who license access to the BRISC eLearning also get access to the following materials:

•    BRISC Implementation Guide
•    BRISC Manual
•    eLearning Instructions, and
•    HealtheKnowledge Instructions; and

This training and accompanying materials can be licensed by organizations (e.g., school districts or communities) who seek to have multiple SMHPs trained, or by individuals. Districts and/or other or organizations who wish to receive follow-on synchronous training sessions and/or BRISC consultation from BRISC trainer/consultants are available for those who license BRISC training materials. Inquiries can be directed to brisc@uw.edu.  

For more information: https://smartcenter.uw.edu/programs-services/brisc/  

International Requests:

University of Washington agreements require additional review if the requesting entity is located in, or affiliated with the government of, China (Including Hong Kong; not including Taiwan), Iran, North Korea, Russia, or Syria. For requests from these countries, please allow for an additional month of processing time for a response.

Available Licenses

This training can be licensed by individuals or organizations, such as school districts or communities, to train multiple SMHPs.  You may select one of the options on the right.

Option 1:  Individual License
-    Ideal for school mental health practitioners or educational leaders seeking to understand and use BRISC.
-    $250 per user per year - (only one user may purchase at a time).

Option 2:  Organizational License
•    Suitable for organizations (e.g., school districts or communities) to train multiple SMHPs.
•    $250 per user per year.
•    10% discount for 10-19 users.
•    20% discount for 20 or more users.

How to License:
1.    Select either license you wish to buy and review terms via the "Preview terms" link.
2.    Enter your contact and payment information.  
3.    Pay using one of the following options: (a) at the time of submission via credit card or (b) after submission within 30 days of invoicing via wire transfer check, or purchase order.  Please note that there is an additional $30 fee for payments made via wire transfer.

Getting Access
Once the agreement has been executed and fees have been paid, downloadable content will be made available to your account for use per terms of your agreement. To download content, go to the CoMotion website and select the "Sign-in" link in the upper right corner of the page. Once signed in, click your account name in the upper right hand corner and select the MY DOWNLOADS link. From this page, you will find the downloadable content.